only take a rest of about one month in mid-siimmer, and I have seen the pale berries covered 

 with snow in December, when the sun had not the needed influence to color them. 



Four summers have now so much increased our bed that we have an abundance of fruit, 

 and have supplied many plants to friends at a distance ; two families, in Virginia, have 

 largely cultivated the " Clover Hill Seedling," and, we hear, have extended it freely in their 

 neighborhoods ; it has also travelled to, and taken root, in New Haven (not exactly Phoenix- 

 like, rising from its own ashes), and in New York, and already the rare fruit has more than 

 once given unexpected pleasure to the sick and suflering. Poor little Harriet, an angel of 

 patience and humility, and the victim of a slow consumption, was made happy during the 

 last weeks of her feeble existence, by the enjoyment of these strawberries, so unexpected 

 in the autumnal months ; when all other food had ceased to be acceptable to her wasted 

 energies, and benevolent friends no longer could find other delicacies to tempt her appetite, 

 it was delightful to witness the gentle smile with which the good girl would still welcome 

 the " Clover Hill Seedlings." She was too feeble to utter words, but her countenance recalled 



Talfourd's lines : — 



" It is a little thing 

 To give a cup of water ; yet its draught 

 Of cool refreshment, drained by fever'd lips, 

 May give a shock of pleasure to the frame 

 More exquisite than when nectarian juice 

 Renews the life of joy in happiest hours." 



Late in the month of November, 1850, Jenny Lind was presented with a dish of fine 

 "Clover Hill Seedlings" by little Lizzie ; it was diflicult to determine which was made the 

 most happy — the child whose feelings and fancy had been greatly excited by catching some 

 of the public enthusiasm, and was delighted to approach the " Queen of Song," or the gentle 

 woman, who, amid the extravagant attentions and adulation bestowed upon her, was sur- 

 prised and charmed by the rare and simple ofl"ering from a bright little girl. 



But even better than this, " Aunt Charlotte," her children, and grandchildren, almost 

 annually enjoy the fruits of her single Paris seed : and if it be true, as a wise man has said, 

 that " he who plants a tree, confers a blessing on his fellow-men,' ' may it not be equally true 

 that he who plants three doubtful seeds in a pot of sand, may do good to others, and bring 

 infinite pleasure to himself ? 



Shall there be a moral to our story ? and shall it not point to the blessings likely to ensue 

 from faith and perseverance ? It was the duty of faith to plant the supposed seeds ; perse- 

 verance watched over them" with interest, and Heaven has rewarded the work. 



CLIMATOLOGY, NO. 2. 



BY A CONSTANT KEADEK. 



Speing Climate op the United States. — A careful examination of the highly interesting 

 Army Meteorological Register, shows that the mean temperature of the spring months is an 

 important element in the characteristics of climate. We subjoin a few extracts to illustrate 

 this fact. " The principal lines of the Isothermal chart differ five degrees in tempera- 

 ture, and east of the meridian of 100'' they divide distance on the meridian with great uni- 

 formity. On the Atlantic side, the range is 35° of temperature for 22° of latitude ; or, 

 excluding the lower part of the peninsula of Florida, 30° of temperature for 17° of latitude, 

 which is vejy nearly a decrease of temperature of one degree for forty miles of distance 

 northward. The same decrease is found in the Mississippi valley." 



Taking the mean temperature, of the separate spring months, the mean temperature for 

 April nearly represents the spring mean. Places having a mean temperature of 65° for IVIay, 



